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Old 09-01-2010
sed help - replacing 6th comma with a space
Hi,

How can I replace the 6th comma on each line (of a csv) with a space?

Any online tutorials with plenty of examples using sed would be very useful.

Alex
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Old 09-01-2010
Try:
Code:
sed 's/,/ /6' file

A useful tutorial:

Sed - An Introduction and Tutorial
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Old 09-01-2010
perfect, thanks for both...i appreciate it.

alex
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